Subaru is the world’s largest producer of all-wheel drive cars. The brand belongs to the Japanese group Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) and is considered a pioneer of all-wheel technology in passenger cars. In 1972, Subaru the first all-wheel car on the market. To date, the company has produced more than 20 million vehicles worldwide, including more than 14.8 million four-wheel vehicles (as of December 2015). In the World Rally Championship Subaru was one of the top teams and took six times the world champion title.